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Garmin 16X LVS Technical Specifications

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    Gps 16x technical specifications garmin international, inc. 1200 e. 151 st street olathe, ks 66062 usa 190-00228-08 revision c october 2011.

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page i © 2008–2011 garmin ltd. Or its subsidiaries garmin international, inc 1200 east 151st street, olathe, kansas 66062, usa tel. 913/397.8200 or 800/800.1020 fax 913/397.8282 garmin (europe) ltd. Liberty house, hounsdown business park southampt...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page ii table of contents 1 introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 1.1 caution .....................................................................

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page iii 4.2.10 estimated error information (pgrme) .............................................................................................................. 18 4.2.11 gps fix data sentence (pgrmf) ...............................................

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 1 1 1.1 caution introduction caution the gps system is operated by the government of the united states, which is solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. Although the gps 16x is a precision electronic navigation aid (navaid), any ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 2 1.2 limited warranty this garmin product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for one year from the date of purchase. Within this period, garmin will, at its sole option, repair or replace any components that fai...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 3 1.3 overview the gps 16x series products are complete gps sensors including embedded receiver and antenna, designed for a broad spectrum of original equipment manufacture (oem) system applications. Based on the proven technology found in ot...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 4 1.5 technical specifications specifications are subject to change without notice. 1.5.1 physical characteristics 1.5.1.1 size 3.58” (91.0 mm) diameter, 1.65” (42 mm) high 1.5.1.2 weight • gps 16xlvs only: 6.0 oz (169 g) • gps 16xhvs only: 6...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 5 1.5.4 gps performance 1.5.4.1 receiver waas enabled ® gps receiver continuously tracks and uses multiple satellites to compute and update your position. 1.5.4.2 acquisition times • reacquisition: less than 2 seconds • hot: approx. 1 second ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 6 1.5.5.3 pps 1 hz pulse, programmable width, 1 µs accuracy 1.5.5.4 power control • off: open circuit • on: ground, or pull to low logic level.

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 7 2 2.1 gps 16x pinout gps 16x wiring and pinouts the gps 16xlvs and gps 16xhvs sensors utilize an 8-pin rj-45 plug. The following is a functional description of each wire in the cable assembly. Rj-45 pin # wire color signal name description ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 8 2.2 gps 16x wiring diagrams figure 1: computer serial port interconnection figure 2: pda serial port interconnection figure 3: basic nmea device interconnection.

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 9 3 3.1 gps 16x flush mount mechanical characteristics & mounting figure 4: gps 16x flush mount dimensions 1.65 inches [42 mm] 3.58 inches [91 mm] 2.44 inches [62 mm] 120 degrees 120 degrees m4 thread.

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 10 3.2 gps 16x optional magnetic mount figure 5: optional gps 16x magnetic mount magnetic mount m4 flat head screws (3 each).

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 11 4 the gps 16x series products interface protocol design on com1 is based on the national marine electronics association’s nmea 0183 ascii interface specification. The com2 port can receive differential gps (dgps) correction data using the ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 12 4.1.2 sensor initialization information (pgrmi) the $pgrmi sentence provides information used to initialize the gps sensor’s set position and time used for satellite acquisition. Receipt of this sentence by the gps sensor causes the softwa...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 13 4.1.4 additional sensor configuration information (pgrmc1) the $pgrmc1 sentence provides additional information used to configure the gps sensor operation. Configuration parameters are stored in non-volatile memory and retained between pow...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 14 $pgrmo,,g will cause the com port to change to garmin data transfer format for the duration of the power cycle. You must enable garmin data transfer format to update the gps 16x series products..

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 15 4.2 transmitted nmea 0183 sentences the subsequent paragraphs define the sentences that can be transmitted on com1 by the gps sensor. 4.2.1 sentence transmission rate sentences are transmitted with respect to the user selected baud rate. T...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 16 4.2.2 transmitted time the gps sensor outputs coordinated universal time (utc) date and time of day in the transmitted sentences. Before the initial position fix, the on-board clock provides the date and time of day. After the initial posi...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 17 4.2.5 gps dop and active satellites (gsa) $gpgsa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*hh mode, m = manual, a = automatic fix type, 1 = not available, 2 = 2d, 3 = 3d prn number, 01 to 32, of satellite used in solution, up to 12 transmitted (leading zeros will ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 18 4.2.9 geographic position (gll) $gpgll,,,,,,,*hh latitude, ddmm.Mmmm format (leading zeros will be transmitted) latitude hemisphere, n or s longitude, dddmm.Mmmm format (leading zeros will be transmitted) longitude hemisphere, e or w utc t...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 19 product, model and software version (variable length field, e.G., “gps 16xhvs ver 2.05”) no effect (this field is not used on this model and is included only for backwards compatibility) no effect (this field is not used on this model and ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 20 the following is a list of the garmin gps 16x earth datum indices and the corresponding earth datum name (including the area of application): appendix a: earth datums 0 adindan - ethiopia, mali, senegal, sudan 1 afgooye - somalia 2 ain el ...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 21 36 hong kong 1963 - hong kong 37 indian - bangladesh, india, nepal 38 indian - thailand, vietnam 39 ireland 1965 - ireland 40 ists o73 astro 1969 - diego garcia 41 johnston island 1961 - johnston island 42 kandawala - sri lanka 43 kerguele...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 22 75 pico de las nieves - canary islands 76 pitcairn astro 1967 - pitcairn island 77 puerto rico - puerto rico, virgin islands 78 qatar national - qatar 79 qornoq - south greenland 80 reunion - mascarene island 81 rome 1940 - sardinia island...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 23 note: the following applies to all software versions of gps 16xlvs and gps 16xhvs. Appendix b: garmin binary output format two records are transmitted once per second by the gps 16x series products. One record contains primarily post- proc...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 24 alt ellipsoid altitude (meters) epe estimated position error (meters) eph position error, horizontal (meters) epv position error, vertical (meters) fix 0 = no fix; 1 = no fix; 2 = 2d; 3 = 3d; 4 = 2d differential; 5 = 3d differential; 6 and...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 25 sample c code dle and etx bytes: sample c code to receive the two records should filter dle and etx bytes as described below: typedef enum { dat, dle, etx } rx_state_type; /* declare and initialize static variables */ static char in_que[ 2...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 26 synopsis appendix c: ephemeris data download (programming example) this section describes, using an example, how to download ephemeris information from a garmin 15, 16, 17 or 18 family gps unit with the exception of the gps 15-w and the gp...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 27 ephemeris download procedure the following is the sequence of events that occurs when downloading ephemeris. Send a packet containing the command that requests ephemeris data ( iop_down_load_eph). The packet should look like this: tx packe...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 28 next, the unit will send the specified number of packets containing the ephemeris information. An example packet is shown below. Each packet should be acknowledged as before (be sure to modify the ack packet to indicate what type of packet...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 29 an example function to do the parsing is shown below. Note that the double data types are converted by the function cnvt_ieee_double(). This function merely swaps the upper and lower words of the double. This is necessary on gps 15, 16, 17...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 30 each data member of the ephemeris data structure is indexed into the data array of the ephemeris packet and cast as the appropriate data type. The indices are as follows (note that they correlate to the data members of the structure respec...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 31 the garmin sensor configuration software (snsrcfg.Exe)configures the gps sensors based on user-selected parameters. Some application features include the ability to download gps sensor configuration, maintain different configurations in fi...

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    190-00228-08 gps 16x technical specifications rev. C page 32 menus file menu the file menu allows you to open, save, and print sensor configurations. The items in the file menu work like most windows-based programs. Comm menu the comm (communication) menu allows you to set the port number and baud r...

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    Get configuration from gps (f8): retrieves the current programming from the sensor. The programming is then displayed in the main interface window. Send configuration to gps (f9): sends your updated configuration programming to the sensor. Switch to nmea mode (f10): switches the unit to nmea mode. T...